Cloning, sequencing, and expression of three Bartonella henselae genes homologous to the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB region

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-147

  Schmiederer, Michael ^a   Anderson, Burt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034028294     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454900314528     Document Type: Article

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